How can I create my own search engine?

How do I create a product search engine for my website that will find images and product info?

• i am new to PHP and would like to learn how to create a search engine that will show products with there images and information? i am very willing to learn but just need to be put on the right path and it looks like this is the best place to get the help! the search facility here is what i'm looking to do http://www.decoratum.com/ thanks in advance for the help

• Answer:

  If you already have a product database, your database server may already provide some sort of full-text search option, such as that of MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/fulltext-search.html If you want something to supplement your database, Solr and Sphinx are fairly popular options: http://php.net/manual/en/refs.search.php